Friday night. You know what to do.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, July 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, there is no 1 train service between 14th Street and South Ferry due to Port Authority work south of Chambers Street. 1 trains run express between 34th Street and 14th Street. 2 and 3 trains run local in both directions between Chambers Street and 96th Street. Free shuttle buses replace 1 train service between Chambers Street and South Ferry.
From 3:30 a.m. Saturday, July 16 to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 17, free shuttle buses replace 2 train service between East 180th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse due to track panel installation at Jackson Avenue, Freeman Street and 174th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, Manhattan-bound 2 trains run express from Franklin Avenue to Atlantic Avenue due to platform edge repair at Bergen Street and Franklin Avenue and tunnel structural repair south of Atlantic Avenue.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17, Manhattan-bound 3 trains run express from Franklin Avenue to Atlantic Avenue due to platform edge repair at Bergen Street and Franklin Avenue and tunnel structural repair south of Atlantic Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m., Saturday, July 16, Sunday, July 17 and Monday, July 18, 3 service is extended to 34th Street-Penn Station due to Port Authority work at Chambers Street.
From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, Manhattan-bound 4 trains run express from Franklin Avenue to Atlantic Avenue due to platform edge repair at Bergen Street and Franklin Avenue and tunnel structural repair south of Atlantic Avenue.
From 11 p.m. Friday, July 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, downtown 4 trains run local from 125th Street to 14th Street and uptown 4 trains run local from Grand Central-42nd Street to 125th Street due to track work south of 77th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, downtown 4 trains run express from 14th Street-Union Square to Brooklyn Bridge due to work on the Broadway/Lafayette-to-Bleecker Street transfer connection.
From 3:30 a.m. Saturday, July 16 to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 17, there is no 5 train service between East 180th Street and Bowling Green due to track panel installation at Jackson Avenue, Freeman Street and 174th Street. A free shuttle bus is available between East 180th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse. Customers between 149th Street-Grand Concourse and Bowling Green may take the 4 instead. Note: Shuttle trains operate all weekend between East 180th Street and Dyre Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, downtown 6 trains run express from 14th Street-Union Square to Brooklyn Bridge due to work on the Broadway/Lafayette-to-Bleecker Street transfer connection.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, uptown A trains run on the F line from Jay Street-MetroTech to West 4th Street, then local to 59th Street-Columbus Circle due to work on the Fulton Street Transit Center.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17, uptown C trains run on the F line from Jay Street-MetroTech to West 4th Street due to work on the Fulton Street Transit Center.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, there is no D train service between Pacific Street and 34th Street-Herald Square due to work on the Broadway/Lafayette-to-Bleecker Street transfer connection. The N and free shuttle buses provide alternate service.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, the 5th Avenue exit of the 5th Avenue station will be closed. E trains will stop at the station; customers must enter/exit on the Madison Avenue side.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, Coney Island-bound F trains run on the M line from Roosevelt Avenue to 47th-50th Streets due to station component work at Lexington Avenue-63rd Street.
From 11 p.m. Friday, July 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, there are no G trains between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. and Church Avenue due to track work north of Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. G trains operate in two sections:
- Between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Avs and
- Between Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. (every 20 minutes)
Note: The A provides connecting service between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. and Jay Street-MetroTech.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, July 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, there is no L train service between Lorimer Street and Broadway Junction due to rail work at Myrtle Avenue and Halsey Street. Free shuttle buses provide alternate service.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, July 16 to 10 p.m., Sunday, July 17, Brooklyn-bound N trains skip 30th Avenue, Broadway, 36th Avenue and 39th Avenue due to structural overcoat painting along the Astoria Line.
From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m., Monday, July 18, Coney Island-bound N trains operate over the Manhattan Bridge from Canal Street do DeKalb Avenue due to installation of tactile and platform tiles at Cortlandt Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 18, N trains run local in both directions between DeKalb Avenue and 59th Street in Brooklyn due to work on the Broadway/Lafayette-to-Bleecker Street transfer connection.
From 6 a.m. Saturday, July 16 to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 17, Manhattan-bound Q trains skip Neck Road and Avenue U due to overcoat painting of the Brighton Line Bridges.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17, Brooklyn-bound R trains operate over the Manhattan Bridge from Canal Street to DeKalb Avenue due to the installation of tactile and platform tiles at the Cortlandt Street station.
From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17, Sunday, July 17 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m., Monday, July 18, there are no R trains between 59th Street and 36th Street in Brooklyn due to line structure overcoat painting.
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The Times is doing that nostalgia thing for the subways of the 1980’s, and one person posted a certain comment. Anyway, I’m so curious about it that I’m quoting it here. Now, what I’m wondering about is, Does he know what he’s talking about? I mean, WHAT tunnel north of Penn Station? Anyway, what he wrote was: “My recent travels have all been much better. The cars and stations are clean and well-lit and the announcements are in a recognizable language. My only request would be an airport-style moving sidewalk in that block-long tunnel just north of Penn Station.”
The commenter is probably referring to the Gimbels passageway.
No service to South Ferry at all on the 1 and R from uptown. Just the 4 to Bowling Green.
With the City of Water thing at Governors Island the MTA is tone-deaf to increased usage. One of the two lines should have been opened.
Except in some emergency situation, they should maintain normal weekend service to South Ferry all summer long on BOTH the #1 and the R. There are so many people going to and from the Staten Island ferry and the other ferries in the summer.
The 1 is closed for Port Authority work. The R is closed so the MTA can make its commitment to open Cortlandt Street on September 11. Making both of those lines off-limits for work for 3 months might set those projects (and anything else requiring shutdowns in the area) a little off-schedule, don’t you think?
Come on. Lower Manhattan is a tiny area with an oversupply of subway lines. If two of them are shut down, that still leaves two running.
There are already plenty of constraints on when work can take place where. Each constraint adds to the duration and cost of every affected capital job. Ideally, either the 1 or the R should be serving South Ferry on any given weekend (there’s certainly no need for both), but it’s really not much of a hardship if both are shut down.
There should have been at least one line open that leaves you at South Ferry. Not only me, but other people I know could not get to Governors Island in time for events. And, I left the house at 9:30 for a 12:15 event. The LIRR was 20 minutes late, the R and 1 were out, and the 4 leaves you the equivalent of 5 blocks from the ferry. If the MTA cannot deliver you 7 miles in 2.5 hours, something’s the matter.
The MTA is dropping the ball on South Ferry service.
What Port Authority work is keeping the #1 closed? It’s a brand new station — what track work are they doing down there?
And the 4 was super-slow. Track work.
I have no idea where you’re coming from, so it’s hard to comment on the specifics.
But it sounds like you left home assuming service was normal, and only discovered during your trip that it wasn’t. You should certainly know that weekend service is almost never normal, and the diversions are not hard to look up in advance.
If you were coming from anywhere on the LIRR other than the Port Washington branch, you could have gone to Brooklyn and taken the R from there – it was running normal from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
Perhaps you consider the walk from Bowling Green extremely onerous, but Bowling Green is probably the most popular of the three nearby stations among Staten Island Ferry riders. It’s less than a 5-minute walk from Bowling Green to the SI ferry terminal. And if you’re on the 2/3, Wall Street is less than 10 minutes away.
The 1 passes through the World Trade Center site. The Port Authority is doing a lot of work there, and most of the South Ferry closures in recent years have been to accommodate Port Authority work. (The South Ferry terminal itself has nothing to do with the Port Authority, but trains can’t get to it if the line leading to it is closed.)
Do you think the MTA closes lines on weekends because it feels like it?
My route:
LIRR from Little Neck, Port Wash branch to Penn Station (the PW Branch does not connect with Brooklyn). Tried the 1, but found that it wasn’t going to South Ferry, so walked a block to Herald Square to get the R to South Ferry.
Oops!
Changed for the 4 at Union Sq/14th, which proceeded to crawl downtown to Bowling Green.
5-10 minute walk to South Ferry from the 4. (How that beats a 1-minute walk from the 1/R, well, that’s your opinion.)
30 minute wait for Governors Island ferry.
Again, if the MTA can’t get me from Little Neck to South Ferry in 2.5 hours, something’s wrong in the state of Denmark.
It’s simple. The MTA doesn’t knock out both the 7 and N from Queensboro to Manhattan in the same weekend, and neither should they knock out both the 1 and R southbound to the ferry.
The L thing. Again? I actually know people who are moving to Alphabet City because they are so fed up with the L train. Know another friend who ended up in Hell’s Kitchen because of similar concerns about the L. Today it took over an hour to get 6th Ave from Myrtle-Wyckoff. On the way home I thought I’d try the J to the M route. Trains were weekday packed as well slow and late. MTA didn’t even seem to consider that people would avoid the L and take the alternate route. Frustrating, I’m not usually one to bitch and moan about the MTA but sometimes it doesn’t seem like they even understand there are people that use the trains.
For such a shitty route, the J usually seems to stay in a state of good repair.
I just took the bus yesterday. It was the best option to get to the 20s in Manhattan. Getting on at Myrtle it wasn’t so bad. The poor suckers who got in after me had to stand.
OFF TOPIC: Cash-Strapped Connecticut To Axe 365-Year-Old Ferry, Nation’s Oldest…ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ A round of budget cuts in Connecticut is forcing the nation’s oldest operating ferry to close.
http://connecticut.cbslocal.co.....-proposal/